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(43) Date of publication: 29.12.1999 Bulletin 1999/52 (21) Application number: 98911367.0 (22) Date of filing: 20.02.1998

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  A43B 5/ 00( . ) A43C 15/ 16( . ) A43C 15/ 02( . ) (86) International application number: PCT/US1998/002259 (87) International publication number: WO 1998/036653 (27.08.1998 Gazette 1998/34)

(84) Designated Contracting States: DE ES FR GB IT (30) Priority: 20.02.1997 US 19970802908 (71) Applicant: Green Keepers, Inc. . Philadelphia, PA 19116 (US)	(72) Inventor: CARROLL, Francis, C. Philadelphia, PA 19116 (US) (74) Representative: Jones, Graham H.  Graham Jones & Company Blackheath 77 Beaconsfield Road London SE3 7LG London SE3 7LG (GB)